Battery-holder.



PATBNTED MAR.v 10, 1908.

B. S. EGGE.

BATTERY HOLDER.

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- To all whom 'it mayl concern:

'ments in battery boxes or holders, and-its- Uni-'TED vstrains PATENT oFFIoE EMORY s. EGGE, oF MoNTcoMERnALABAMA.

Patented umn' 1o, 1808.

Application led Augult14, 1907. Serial 4I Io. 388,535.

Be it known that I, EMORYS. Econ, a citizen of the United States, residingatMont, omery, in the countyrof Mont omeryand tate of Alabama, have invente a new and useful Batt -Holder, of which the follow'- ing is a spec' cation.

This invention has reference Ato improve;

object is'to provide a means whereby battery 4 cells may be roperly connected up incircult bythe act o introducing them into the boxl yor holder. V l

The invention is designed more particularly for; use in connection with explosive engines, Whether of the stationary type, Aor marine type, or located upon 'automobiles.

The present invention consists of a' suitable base plate upon which are permanently located sockets or holders of such size as' to` receive the ends of battery cells of the kind" commonlyv known as dry batteries that is,

n these holders are cylindrical to `rece1ve ciylin -dlical cells, although if cells of other s are used the holders may be lcorresponding y.. sha ed.

ach cell is provided with aterminal plug I' of suchv shape as to seat itself in an elastic terminal carried by'the base vor support and which-terminal is connected up 1n lproper sequence toa terminal of another cell or to a terminal ofthe entire series.A

Specicall considered, the'terminal plugs are of conica shape while the terminal sockets are in the form-of elastic cones made of wires irals formed at the ends jof a connecting stran and suitably located with yreference to thebattery terminals, so that when .the cone plugs are attached tothe terminal screws of a ,battery cell in place of the binding-nuts usually employed, these cones will seat them.

.I selves and make good contact with the spiral terminals offthe connectors, and all that is necessary to couplegup the several cells of a series is to introduce them terminal-end downward into the cell holders andthe batsupport also carries a similar holder with 'similar terminal sockets for the reception of a tery terminals will seat themselves in the corresponding endsof the connectors in good electrical contact therewith.

In addition to the cell holders, the base or sl ark coil of vsuitable constructiomsojthat t e whole structure constitutes 'airfzelectric unit requiring no other manipulation' QLDSQ inconnection with an explosiveengine the coupling up of the terminals of the unit with the spark. plug terminals ofthe engine.

The invention will be fully understood from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompan 'ng vdrawings forming which,-

Figur batte 'ibex or holder, with the batteries ree 1' is a plan view yof the improved 65..

part'of this spec' cation, in g move' i Fig.'2 is asectional view ofthe base, l

with one battery holder in place and one battery cell-in circuit; Fig. 3. is a detail view of one of the connectors removedfrom the' i' supporting board; `and Fig. 4 is a detaiLsectionalview of one ofthe battery terminals.

' Referring to the drawings, there is shown a base-board 1, which may be made of wood or any other suitable material, and u on this board are secured a number of cylind)ers 2 bymeans of eyes '3 and suitable nails or screws, the cylinders being o en at both top and bottom. Along one si e the cylinders are split longitudinally and the contiguous ends are separated a distance, as indicated at 4. These lcylinders 'are of such size as to receive and hold snugly battery cells 5, which in the particular structure shown in the drawin are lof the cylindrical 'type of dry cells, w 'le the-opening 4 along one side of the cylinders 2 renders the same sufficiently elastic to yield to the insertion of the battery cells and at the same timegras them so snugly as to revent the accidenta displacement of the ce s when once inserted. The cells are thus firmly held in'place without fastening devices other than rovidedl by the gripping Aaction of the cy nders-2 upon said batter cells.

In the case of atterycells of other shape',

the holders 2 may be made of corrsonding `one to the other and in or arallel to, as -the case may he, the longitu inal axis of the v cell.

- In accordance with' the present invention the ordinary binding nuts are removed and The base-board 1 is provided at oints central to the cylinders 2 with throug perforations 7 lined with sleeves 8 in .case the base-board is made of wood or similar material, these sleeves 8 'servin to stren then the walls of the opening 7. Lcllh is also provided with other openings 9, like- Wise lined with sleeves 8, and these .openings are located coincident with the space 4 between the contiguous ends ofthe split cylin-Y ders 2.. This brings the openings 7 and' -9` in such relation-to the cylinders 2- as to receive the conical nuts 6 screwed upon the carbon and zine terminals, and it isfonly necessary to introduce the battery cells y5- into the respectivel cylinders 2 to have'the nuts 6 seat themselves in the .perorations 7'and'9. The space 4 in the cylinders 2` permits the passage of a block or nut6 fast onv the zinc terminal since this block extends,

beyond the te cell 5. y

lllii order that the battery terminals may l be connected up in proper sequence, zthere 'l these' couplings consists strand 10 formed at each are provided a number of circuit couplings, ustiated separately in Fig. 3.

of a conducting end into, a cone spiral 11, vof such size as to fit into the sleeves 8 in the openings 7 and 9 andprojecting v from the strand 10 in such vdirection as to present their wide open ends toward thetop .-1 of the board or holder 1, the s trand 10 being located at'the bottom of the boardand preferabl l curedY vcouplings formed by the strands 10 and spirals 11 are s'o located as to connect'lthe seated therein where it may be seby staples 12 Ior.` otherwise.- The carbon of one cell to the zinc of the next cell in series.. v v

In the particular structure shown in Fig.

1 the unit is adapted vto four dry cells and thel couplingsare disposed to unite these cells in series. Intermediate of the four holders`2 is another holder 13l arranged to receive a spark' coil of proper shape and dimensions,

but 'in "this, case there are two openings,

designated at 14, .throughl the board to lthe openings 14 is the spiral terminal of. an-

other line conductor 16, the line conductors extending to the spark plug terminals 'of the e baseoardv 'thefen ine.

peripheral surface of the batp Each of receive the conical termina terminals of battery cells,

explosive engine,` which, of course, is not shown in the drawings.

' It will be understood that the conduct-ors `15 and 16 may terminate at binding posts upon the board instead of being extended to It will also be understood that the sparking unit herein described may be'used in connection withgas lighting outfits, o'r wherever elseit ma be ada ted.

. It will' seen t at the spiral terminals 11 of the .connectors provide elastic receptacles .l

for the nutsor blocks 6 which tend at all terminals which causes t times to hug these blocks tightly, and, therefore, insure good electrical connection, since there is a certain elasticity in the connector ein to yield lto a slight extent when the nuts 6 are introduced 7 therein and thus the resiliency of these spiral terminalsaids in establishing such electrical connections as are most desirable in structures of this type.

1 f In a .battery box or'holder, the combination of a suitable base, elastic rece tacles for the battery cells secured to sai base, conical terminals for the battery cells, and

connectors fast' on the base and eachtermi'- nating in elastic conductin v s when the latter are attached to the battery cells.

2. A means for coupling electric battery.

cells comprising .battery terminal plugs of conical shape adapted to be secured to the and a coupling conductor having its .ends formed into spirals shaped to conical spirals to receive the conicalbattery 3. Anelectric sparking unit comprisinga suitable base or support, split'. elastic cylin dric'al holders secur thereon, coupling connectors extendingl from the center of one.l

cylinder to a point adjacent. the` split or divided portion of-another cylinder and each" connector h aving its ends formed into conical spirals, conical plugs adapted to be attached to the battery terminals and insertible into the spiral terminals of the connectors, and

another cylinder arran coil and provided wit thereby with spiral connector terminals. In testimony 'that I claim the foregoing as ed to receive a spark in the area covered my own, I have hereto affixed my signature J in the presence of two Witnesses.-

v EMORY S. EGGE. Witnesses:

WILLiFoRD DUsKiN, S.- E. WILSON. 

